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Naturalism
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Accuracy of depiction of anatomy
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Masaccio, Tribute Money
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Humanism
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Focus on humanity rather than divinity, even when depicting Christ (showing him on Earth, with naturalistic features, etc)
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Masaccio, Tribute Money
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Orthogonals
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Diagonal lines
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Masaccio, Tribute Money
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Vanishing Point
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Point at which all orthogonals/diagonal lines converge
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Masacchio, Tribute Money, 1450, Italian
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One-Point Linear Perspective
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Creation of a horizon line and a vanishing point, to set the image on a grid and root it in space
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Masaccio, Tribute Money
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Chiaroscuro
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Use of light and dark to create illusion of depth on 2D surface
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Masaccio, Tribute Money
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Perspective
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Creation of illusion of depth on a 2D surface
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Donatello in his Feast of Herod
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Contrapposto
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Depiction of human with most weight on one leg, affecting entire pose
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Polykleitos, Doryphoruos, 440, Ancient Greek
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Buon Fresco
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Fresco painted while the plaster is still wet
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Giotto, Lamentation, 1300, Italian
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Trompe L'oeil
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Deceiving the eye
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Mantegna, Camera Picta ceiling, 1450, Italian
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Foreshortening
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The optical illusion of a distance appearing shorter than it is because it is angled toward the viewer
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Mantegna, Dead Christ
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Atmospheric/Aerial Perspective
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Creating an illusion of depth by using cooler colors and hazier line in background
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Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1500, Italian
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Cartoon
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Full-scale preparatory sketch
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da Vinci, Self-portrait, 1550, Italian
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Sfumato
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smokiness, haziness; subtle play of light and dark
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da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks, 1500, Italian
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Tenebrism
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stark contrasts of light and dark
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Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna on the Rocks, 1500, Italian
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The Enlightenment
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Movement valuing reason as the source of authority
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Neoclassicism
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Period inspired by Classical art and architecture
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David, Oath of the Horatii, 1800, French
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Romanticism
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Movement emphasizing sentimentality, leisure, beauty, and aristocracy
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Fragonard, Swing, 1800, French
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Sublime
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Greatness, magnitude, or lofty-mindedness in art
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Goya, Third of May 1808, 1800, Spanish
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Modernism
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Artistic movement rejecting Enlightenment thinking and pushing the boundaries of traditional elements of style and technique
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Goya, Sleep of Reason, 1800, Spanish
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Realism
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Creation of "true to life" images
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Courbet, Stonebreakers, 1800, French
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Photography
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Capturing images by exposing certain chemicals to light
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Harvest of death, Timothy o'sullivan, 1850, American
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Avant-Garde
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Experimental and innovative future-focused movement that rejected artistic tradition
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Pollock, No. 5, 1950, American
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Impressionism
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Movement focusing on the impression a scene gives to the artist, not necessarily its specifics; emphasizes spontaneity and emotion
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Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1850, French
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En Plein Air
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In the open air
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Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1850, French
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Japonisme
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adoption of stylistic elements characteristic of Japanese art
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Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1850, French
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Ukiyo-e
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woodblock prints depicting contemporary Japanese scenes
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Hiroshige, Plum Garden in Kameido, 1850, Japanese
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Divisionism
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Separation of colors into individual dots or patches
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Seurat, Sunday Afternoon, 1850, French
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Complementary Color
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Pairs of colors that are each other's opposite hue on a color wheel
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